Thunderstorms produced heavy rain at a rate between 1 and 2 inches per hour in Albuquerque, resulting in flash flooding.
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Thunderstorms produced heavy rain at a rate between 1 and 2 inches per hour in Albuquerque, resulting in flash flooding.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Albuquerque, NM wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 31, 2:00 PM MST, 5 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 300 PM MDT TUE JUL 31 2007 .DISCUSSION...STORMS FIRED AGAIN IN THE USUAL PLACES OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO...JEMEZ AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS BEFORE NOON. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WHICH DEVELOPED FROM THE FOLSOM TO DES MOINES AND CAPULIN AREA IN PREVIOUS DAYS WERE NOTICEABLY ABSENT TODAY. THERE ARE SOME INTERESTING DIFFERENCES IN THE MODELS TODAY WHICH COULD QUALIFY FOR THE PROBLEM OF THE DAY. THE 12Z NAM TRACKS A WEAK LOW FROM SOUTH OF THE BORDER INTO SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO DURING THE MID TO LATE WEEK...WHILE THE GFS TAKES A SIMILAR FEATURE INTO SOUTHEAST ARIZONA DURING THE SAME TIME FRAME. THE NAM GENERATES PLENTIFUL AMOUNTS OF PRECIPITATION OVER SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO...ENOUGH SO THAT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH COMES TO MIND. HOWEVER...WILL HOLD OFF FOR TIME BEING TO TRY AND GET A BETTER HANDLE ON DETAILS AND TIMING. THERE STILL REMAINS THE POTENTIAL OF WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY/WIND SHIFT OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS OF NEW MEXICO THURSDAY AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE IS REINFORCED OVER THE CENTRAL U.S. PLAINS. CONTINUED TREND OF IN CURRENT GRIDS OF HIGHER POPS ACROSS SOME OF OUR SOUTHERN ZONES. LONGER TERM...THE GFS HAS RETURNED TO IT/S EARLIER SOLUTION OF SETTING UP AT PATTERN WHICH WOULD ALLOW A GOOD SURGE OF MOISTURE FROM THE SOUTH INTO WESTERN NEW MEXICO OVER THE WEEKEND. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FARMINGTON...................... 65 94 66 92 / 30 20 30 20 GALLUP.......................... 56 87 58 83 / 30 30 30 30 GRANTS.......................... 56 87 57 85 / 40 30 30 20 GLENWOOD........................ 63 87 61 88 / 50 40 50 40 CHAMA........................... 49 83 48 77 / 30 30 30 40 LOS ALAMOS...................... 56 88 56 81 / 30 30 30 20 RED RIVER....................... 45 75 43 70 / 20 30 30 30 TAOS............................ 53 87 53 81 / 20 30 30 20 SANTA FE........................ 56 87 57 83 / 30 20 30 20 SANTA FE AIRPORT................ 59 89 59 85 / 30 20 30 20 ESPANOLA........................ 61 90 60 88 / 30 20 30 20 ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS............. 68 90 68 89 / 30 20 30 20 ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY.............. 63 92 66 90 / 30 20 30 20 ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS........... 64 88 64 87 / 30 20 30 20 ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA........... 65 90 67 89 / 30 20 30 20 SOCORRO......................... 64 90 64 90 / 40 30 30 30 SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST......... 56 86 56 85 / 30 30 30 20 MORIARTY/ESTANCIA............... 59 88 59 84 / 30 20 30 20 CARRIZOZO....................... 63 85 63 84 / 40 40 50 40 RUIDOSO......................... 55 75 54 74 / 50 40 50 40 RATON........................... 56 87 56 84 / 10 10 20 20 LAS VEGAS....................... 55 85 55 81 / 20 20 20 20 ROY............................. 59 86 61 83 / 10 20 20 20 CLAYTON......................... 63 89 61 87 / 10 10 20 20 SANTA ROSA...................... 65 87 61 87 / 20 20 30 30 TUCUMCARI....................... 66 91 64 90 / 20 20 20 20 FORT SUMNER..................... 65 88 64 86 / 30 30 40 40 CLOVIS.......................... 65 85 64 84 / 30 40 40 30 PORTALES........................ 65 84 64 83 / 40 40 40 40 ROSWELL......................... 67 86 68 85 / 50 50 50 50 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 555 AM MDT TUE JUL 31 2007 NMZ001>021-026-011200- CAPITAN/NORTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS- CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS/ESTANCIA VALLEY-CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS- CONCHAS LAKE/GUADALUPE COUNTY-CURRY COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY- FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF CHAVES COUNTY- HARDING COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY HIGH PLAINS/HONDO VALLEY- LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY- MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS- NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS INCLUDING JEMEZ-NORTHWEST PLATEAU-QUAY COUNTY- ROOSEVELT COUNTY-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/UPPER GILA REGION-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY- WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- 555 AM MDT TUE JUL 31 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. HOWEVER... THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH COULD LEAD TO STREET FLOODING OR HIGH FLOWS IN ARROYOS AND SMALL STREAMS. IN ADDITION... WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE FROM THE STRONGER STORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. HOWEVER... THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH COULD LEAD TO FLOODING ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA EACH DAY. SOUTHERN AREAS WILL BE MOST FAVORED TO RECEIVE HEAVY RAINFALL MIDWEEK WHILE THE FOCUS SHIFTS TO WESTERN SECTIONS TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK. WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS... WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... CONTACT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...ESPECIALLY FLOODED ROADWAYS OR PROPERTY. 19
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 31 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:16 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Slow moving thunderstorms produced heavy rain on the east side of Albuquerque. One and a half inches of rain was reported at Constitution and Wyoming. Two apartments were flooded and evacuated at 8500 Marquette NE in the Northeast Heights.
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